TUF Finale Payouts - $16k Winners and $8k Losers
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released fighter payouts for The Ultimate Fighter Finale. BJ was top dog as expected, but interestingly all the fighters from the TUF show who won Saturday night were all paid the same salary. Complete fighter payouts are as follows:
BJ Penn - $100,000
Jens Pulver - $30,000
Roger Huerta - $24,000
Nate Diaz - $16,000
Joe Lauzon - $16,000
Cole Miller - $16,000
Matt Wiman - $16,000
Thales Leites - $14,000
Gray Maynard - $8,000
Manny Gamburyan - $8,000
Brandon Melendez - $8,000
Andy Wang - $8,000
Rob Emerson - $8,000
Allen Berubie - $8,000
Brian Geraghty - $8,000
Leonard Garcia - $4,000
Floyd Sword - $3,000
Doug Evans - $3,000
Total Fight Purse - $298,000
Damn, only $3k for Sword and Evans? I hope they at least threw in a free buffet at the Palms for the guys.
